gilded vs opulent what difference
what is difference between gilded and opulent
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɪldɪd/
Verb
gilded
- simple past tense and past participle of gild
Adjective
gilded
- Having the color or quality of gold.
- Made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold.
- Having a falsely pleasant appearance; sugarcoated.
- 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act II Scene 7
- All that glisters is not gold;
- Often have you heard that told:
- Many a man his life hath sold
- But my outside to behold:
- Gilded tombs do worms infold.
- Had you been as wise as bold,
- Young in limbs, in judgement old,
- Your answer had not been inscroll’d:
- Fare you well; your suit is cold.
- 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act II Scene 7
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- glided
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin opulēns, opulentus, from ops (“wealth, power, resources”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃op- (“to work; produce in abundance”). Equivalent to ops + -ulent.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɒpjʊlənt/
Adjective
opulent (comparative more opulent, superlative most opulent)
- Luxuriant, and ostentatiously magnificent.
- Rich, sumptuous and extravagant.
Related terms
- opulence
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin opulēns, opulentis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ.py.lɑ̃/
Adjective
opulent (feminine singular opulente, masculine plural opulents, feminine plural opulentes)
- opulent
Related terms
- opulence
Anagrams
- loupent
Further reading
- “opulent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Romanian
Etymology
From French opulent, from Latin opulentus.
Adjective
opulent m or n (feminine singular opulentă, masculine plural opulenți, feminine and neuter plural opulente)
- opulent
Declension
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